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Roosevelt House I & II
2920 Yale Place, Owensboro, KY 42301
Phone: 270-926-1666 or tjohn-
Thank you for your interest in our newly renovated
apartment homes. Conveniently located to shop-
ping, banking, churches, and dining. All utilities in-
cluded, discounted cable & internet are just a few of
our amenities.
Blessed Sacrament
602 Sycamore Street • Owensboro, KY 42301 • 270-926-4741
www.blessedsacramentchapel.com or email at [email protected]
Mission Statement:
Established in the Spirit of Jesus Christ with an
Afro-centric focus, Blessed Sacrament Chapel is
committed to spreading the “Word” through
fellowship and good works.
Sunday Mass: 10:00AM
Reconciliation: 1st Sunday 9:30AM
St. Stephen Cathedral Parish Office: 270-683-6525
Rector: Fr. Jerry Riney, [email protected]
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Jamie Dennis,
Parish Life Coordinator: Sr. Jeannette Fennewald, SSND
[email protected] ________________________________________________________________
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — You will be given this sign: the vir-
gin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall name
him Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:10-14).
Psalm — Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory
(Psalm 24).
Second Reading — God has called us to belong to
Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1-7).
Gospel — The son born of Mary shall be called Je-
sus, for he will save his people from their sins. He
shall be Emmanuel, “God is with us” (Matthew
1:18-24).
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Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 18, 2016
They shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”
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We have to break that cycle of violence and hatred and bigotry, otherwise it will be conta-gious like a virus. Cardinal Blasé Cupich of Chicago
“Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to di-
vorce her quietly.”
St. Joseph is rightly revered for his contribution to our
eternal salvation. He must have been devastated by the
news that Mary, his betrothed wife, was pregnant, but
not with his child. He knew Mary would not only be
shamed, but in a small village like Nazareth, everyone
would have known that Joseph was not the father and
she was at risk of being stoned to death. Joseph trusted
God and believed his assurance, through an angel, that
Mary had not been unfaithful. He took her into his home
and was a loving and caring husband of Mary and father to
Jesus. Like Joseph, we face difficult situations and chal-
lenges in life that hurt us physically, emotionally and
spiritually. How we deal with them depends largely on
how well we know Jesus by constant reading and reflec-
tion of the truth revealed to us by God in Scripture.
Have you prepared your gift for Jesus to celebrate his
birthday? If not, give Him the gift of reading one of the
four Gospels, such as Matthew or Luke. And remember,
Jesus is the Reason for the
Season. Our thoughts and prayers are with: Our thoughts and prayers are with: Our thoughts and prayers are with: Our thoughts and prayers are with: SICK: Beverly Chilton, Carol Hatchett, Philip Moorman, Sr., Martha Bellew, Jim Moorman, Bernice Williams, Charlene Mead-ows, Sarah Bumm, Yvonne Hatchett, Birdie Coleman, Dorothy Fulton, Louise Johnson, Larry Allen, Betty Clark, Phillip Moorman, Jr., Linda McDonald If you know of any-
one seriously ill who is in need of prayer or
visitation, please notify the office.
THE HOMEBOUND: Stan Howard at Bishop Soennecker Home, Knottsville, Donald Moorman room 40 at Wellington Park, 2885 New Hartford Rd, Maggie Howard at Twin River Nursing Center, A phone call or a card
can cheer the homebound if you can’t visit.
IMP—Kroger Update Each August Kroger requires all supporters to re-enroll.
..Go to www.Kroger.com Click the blue Sign in tab at the
top of the page. Enter your email address and password
and click the blue Sign-in tab. From the department
menu, click Community and then Community Rewards.
From Community Rewards, click on the Edit or Re-enroll
button. Find Organization. Select Organization. Save
Your selection. Questions call 1-800-KROGERS
Blessed Sacrament’s # is 30623..
Lectors
Dec. 25: Marsha Allen
Adaira Hatchett
Jan. 1: Layson Brooks
Diane Hatchett
Eucharistic Ministers
Dec. 25: Charlene Meadows
Vivian Higgs
Jan. 1: Payton Sanford
Tina Gough
Lori Carman
Ushers:
Dec. 25: Gough Family
Jan. 1: Shelby Webster
Robert Johnson
Offertory
Dec. 25 Gough Family
Jan. 1: Shelby Webster
Robert Johnson
Mark Your Calendar
Youth 2000 will be held at the Owens-
boro Convention Center March 10-12.
Men, Mark Your Calendars
Diocesan Men’s Conference at River Park
Center February 11, 2017.
Cardinal Dolan is the speaker—excellent!
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
By now, the first Christmas carols are heard in the home, but usually not yet in church.
What is a “carol” anyway? Originally, a carol was any kind of communal song sung at a festi-
val such as a harvest. By the thirteenth century or so, carols were associated with household
celebrations. “Carol” comes from the Old French carula, meaning a circular dance. Carols
weren’t for church, since the language of liturgy was Latin and the carols were in the com-
mon language. Their characteristic sound comes from medieval chord patterns, and they of-
ten have strong refrains for everyone to sing. Even in the churches of the Reformation, carols
didn’t make it into church services until the 1870s or so, since there was a preference for
psalms. Anglicans resisted popular carols; most of our beloved carols came via the Method-
ists, an offshoot of the Church of England. The Catholic Church generally didn’t admit carols
to liturgy either, but we didn’t make laws against them.
We are told that the beloved carol “Silent Night” comes from Catholic Austria and a har-
ried parish music director. Joseph Mohr, the priest of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf, had written
the words in 1816, but offered them to his music director, Franz Gruber, when the church’s
organ broke. Mohr asked him to write a melody that could be played on guitar as a prelude
to Mass. Gruber finished the tune just hours before midnight Mass in 1818. The people were
shocked to hear a guitar in church, but were charmed by the sweet lullaby. The church was
swept away by a flood in the 1990s and the village later relocated, but the townspeople have
set up the “Silent Night Memorial Chapel” at the site. Today the carol is in print in some three
hundred languages. How wonderful that the pipe organ broke on that night!
An idea for children who have limited funds
or for adults to help them refocus on the pri-
mary relationship in the family. Homemade
“acts of service” coupon books. Coupons can
be for help around the house, a hug, a prom-
ise to stop fighting with a sibling, electronic-
free evening of chatting on the deck, a night
of child care, doing a chore without being
asked, etc. etc. It is the thought that counts.
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Community
Events:
Until Dec. 31—
40th Annual Holiday Forest Festival of Trees at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-
6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25
Tuesday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk
1:26-38
Wednesday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps
33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45
Thursday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd;
Lk 1:46-56
Friday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-
10, 14; Lk 1:57-66
Saturday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps
89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79
Sunday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17,
27 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-
25]
Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk
2:1-14
Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk
2:15-20
Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-
18 [1-5, 9-14]
Thank you for
your contribu-
tions.
Dec. 8—$593
Dec.11 —$638.27
Goal: $818
Candles: $10
Chick=Fil-A $342
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSER-
VANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Tuesday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter Sol-
stice
Thursday: St. John of Kanty
Friday: The Vigil of Christmas
Saturday: The Nativity of the Lord
(Christmas)
Coming Events
CALENDAR
Blessed Sacrament Chapel:
December
♦ 18 Christmas gathering (after Mass) Santa, Church decorating. Caroling,
♦ 24 Christmas Mass 7 PM
Christmas Music 6:30 PM
January
♦ 1 10 AM Mass followed by Kwanzaa
February
♦ 12 Ladies of Wisdom Tea
Arts at the Cathedral
Jan. 19—Hymn Festival (choirs from Owensboro
area churches). Celebrates Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity 6 PM
Feb. 19 Owensboro Symphony Chamber Orchestra
4 PM
Do you know that you can help raise money for
Blessed Sacrament (or an OCS family) when
you buy SCRIP gift card?
Scrip is a great stocking stuffer or you can use
them to buy gifts. One of the perks for doing
this besides raising money is that you don’t
have to fight crowds at the stores! Scrip is sold
at OCHS on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM. Just mention
Blessed Sacrament (or the name of an OCS
family) when you purchase. If you have any
questions, call 270-852-8033 or ask me and I
will be happy to help with the answer.
Confessions in December
18—St. Stephens Cathedral 2 PM
19—Precious Blood 6:30 PM
19—Sts. Joseph and Paul 6:30 PM
20—Immaculate 6 PM
SUMMONED BY GOD
As Christmas draws near, Advent’s scriptures
lure us into a world of dreams, signs, wonders,
and the miracle of the virgin birth. Too often we
allow the great stories of our faith, the ones that
are most familiar, simply to wash over us. To-
day’s Gospel account of the events leading up to
the birth of the Lord reads like a present-day
soap opera. Yet Joseph’s courage, even in the
midst of what must have been an incredibly con-
fusing time, provides a model for us. Each week,
we are summoned by God to embrace the way
of goodness and truth through the proclamation
of God’s holy word. Like Joseph, we are called to
do as the Lord commands us. As we stand at the
threshold of Christmas, let us have the courage
to be open to whatever it is that the Lord will
require of us as we celebrate the miracle of
Bethlehem.
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GETTING EVEN
The only ones you should try to get even
with are those who have helped you.
Opportunity for Youth
Drama Club beginning this January , 2017. The
Kentuckiana Players is welcoming both middle and
high school students to be part of their spring
2017 production. Get the Giggles with Shake-
speare: Scenes from a Midsummer Night’s
Dream. For more information, please contact
Julia Lutz before Christmas break 812-357-7887.
Rehearsals Mondays beginning January 2nd at
Carmel Home.
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Mass Intentions:
December 4—Frances Johnson
December 8—Michael Carrico
December– 11—Les Bumm
December 18—Jerry Mezur
December 24—Kenneth Higgs/Sandra Brown
Let us remember to pray for those who have recently
died or those who are in the process of dying. Always
remember to pray for the poor souls in purgatory.
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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
16—Yulanda Williams
18—Robert Johnson
24—Susan Mutter
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
7—Jacques Williams II
10—Whitney Williams
May there always be work for your hands to do. May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane. May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. And may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you are dead.
Advent Prayer: Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon
our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do seek quiet spaces to hear your voice
each day. We who are anxious over many things look forward to your coming among us. We who
are blessed in so many ways long for the complete joy of your kingdom. We whose hearts are heavy
seek the joy of your presence. We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light. To
you we say, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
It is hard to believe that we are almost to Christmas. Around this time every year, I like to think
about the three wise men preparing for their pilgrimage to see the baby Jesus. Of course, they
probably started much sooner, since it was such a long trip on foot or by camel. The funny thing, is
that the three kings did not know exactly what it was they would discover upon arriving in Bethle-
hem. It is really something, when we go on a trip and we are expecting one thing and find another.
When I took my first trip to the beach on my own last December, I was mainly looking for-
ward to the beach, but as I have told you all before, I made a new friend. We just never know who
or what God will surprise us with. I usually don't like surprises, but sometimes they are good, espe-
cially when we need them.
The three kings went to Bethlehem expecting something along the lines of stateliness and
maybe a powerful family, but instead found a poor, humble family. They found the king of the uni-
verse, surrounded by smelly shephards and animals. I am sure the kings were shocked and at a loss
for words.
I hope that we can appreciate those surprises that God gives us. We need to look for those
surprises, those little miracles. May we be open to God's grace and love in the smallest of places.
We never know when we will have a God moment. I never imagined that taking the step to college
would eventually lead me to priesthood. Small, insignificant events in our lives can lead to greater,
life changing ones. May we live life to the fullest and let God walk with us on this pilgrimage of life.
May we look for him in everyone we encounter and everything we do.
Father Jamie leads Vespers on Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 at St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Please join
him in this official prayer of the Church that is prayed daily by priests and religious.